Rds1983 Posted October 4, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted October 4, 2021 1 minute ago, foreveryoung said: Telegram, ain't that where all the paedos and terrorists hang out? Don't forget all the criminals laundering bitcoin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Reckon this might make Facebook consider putting their platforms on separate servers or something. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 3 minutes ago, Tommo_b said: Reckon this might make Facebook consider putting their platforms on separate servers or something. There’s someone in San Francisco feeling pretty smug about now for having that risk assessment suggestion rejected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 54 minutes ago, Tegis said: Checked a ISP group on irc (I know, very nerdy) and found this. Dunno where the post was done originally but it was deleted Sounds like self inflicted @ilne> >As many of you know, DNS for FB services has been affected and this is likely a symptom of the actual issue, and that's that BGP peering with Facebook peering routers has gone down, very likely due to a configuration change that went into effect shortly before the outages happened (started roughly 1540 UTC). There are people now trying to gain access to the peering routers to implement fixes, but the <@ilne> people with physical access is separate from the people with knowledge of how to actually authenticate to the systems and people who know what to actually do, so there is now a logistical challenge with getting all that knowledge unified. Part of this is also due to lower staffing in data centers due to pandemic measures. Sounds like someone pushed config changes to prod without testing them in a pre-prod environment. Whoopsie! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rds1983 Posted October 4, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted October 4, 2021 58 minutes ago, Tegis said: Checked a ISP group on irc (I know, very nerdy) and found this. Dunno where the post was done originally but it was deleted Sounds like self inflicted @ilne> >As many of you know, DNS for FB services has been affected and this is likely a symptom of the actual issue, and that's that BGP peering with Facebook peering routers has gone down, very likely due to a configuration change that went into effect shortly before the outages happened (started roughly 1540 UTC). There are people now trying to gain access to the peering routers to implement fixes, but the <@ilne> people with physical access is separate from the people with knowledge of how to actually authenticate to the systems and people who know what to actually do, so there is now a logistical challenge with getting all that knowledge unified. Part of this is also due to lower staffing in data centers due to pandemic measures. 2 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Sounds like someone pushed config changes to prod without testing them in a pre-prod environment. Whoopsie! Part of me hates that I actually understand way to much of these posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Davkaus Posted October 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 4, 2021 Don't worry guys, you can keep an eye on this on their status page. That they host themselves. In their own network. I'm having a wonderful time. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted October 4, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted October 4, 2021 2 minutes ago, Rds1983 said: Part of me hates that I actually understand way to much of these posts. The majority of me rejoices that this is double Dutch to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeVillan Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Tinfoil hat moment, but people are mentioning a big whistle blower from within FB did a 60mins interview last night. Possibly a link between the two, not sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, TreeVillan said: Tinfoil hat moment, but people are mentioning a big whistle blower from within FB did a 60mins interview last night. Possibly a link between the two, not sure. Doubtful. The insider info about DNS/BGP is very plausible. I suspect someone is currently working their way through the datacentre doors with an axe if their internal security systems assume that their door badges will always be connected to the internet like they did at a company I once worked at Edited October 4, 2021 by Davkaus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tonyh29 Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 4 hours ago, Tegis said: I love the fact that I haven't noticed. Weird isn’t it … few years back I’d have known within seconds and probably been refreshing the app every 2 seconds First I knew of this outage was reading it in the news … must admit I did wonder why various WhatsApp conversations had suddenly stopped pinging but hadn’t actually bothered to check Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Nice easy explainer of what seems to have happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 I only care about WhatsApp. Couple of pictures of my dog on social media I would like but I hadn’t actually noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 8 hours ago, tonyh29 said: Weird isn’t it … few years back I’d have known within seconds and probably been refreshing the app every 2 seconds First I knew of this outage was reading it in the news … must admit I did wonder why various WhatsApp conversations had suddenly stopped pinging but hadn’t actually bothered to check First I've heard of it is here. I deactivated FB last week. Bored of reading the same old shite. Haven't missed it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eidolon Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Honestly wouldnt have known anything happened without all the people losing their minds about it after the fact. Not by any means a grumpy type who doesn't engage with social media, I think it just speaks to how tiny my social circle is that I didn't even notice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted October 5, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted October 5, 2021 1 hour ago, rjw63 said: I deactivated FB last week But...but (literally)..what about my birthday-pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 I think WhatsApp was the bigger loss. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 How does Whatsapp pay for itself? Or is it just free because of being funded by facebook? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 5, 2021 Author VT Supporter Share Posted October 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, Genie said: How does Whatsapp pay for itself? Or is it just free because of being funded by facebook? It used to be £1 (or $1) to download IIRC. And I think they use a subscription model in some countries. Inevitably I think they're introducing ads soon. Probably with a "premium" option to remove ads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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